An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... appears from the Scriptures that these single stones were raised on various occasions ; sometimes , as in the case ... appear to have been erected in honour of the only true God , Jehovah ; but wherever the Canaanites appeared , they ...
... appears from the Scriptures that these single stones were raised on various occasions ; sometimes , as in the case ... appear to have been erected in honour of the only true God , Jehovah ; but wherever the Canaanites appeared , they ...
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... appears to have used Tiryns as a harbour , und to have walled it by the assistance of the Cyclops , who were seven in number , and called Gastrocheirs ( belly- handed ) , hving by their labour . " These seven Cy- clops , " says Jacob ...
... appears to have used Tiryns as a harbour , und to have walled it by the assistance of the Cyclops , who were seven in number , and called Gastrocheirs ( belly- handed ) , hving by their labour . " These seven Cy- clops , " says Jacob ...
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... appears to have been connected with the eastern gate by an avenue enclosed between the outer and inner curtain , of ... appear- ance . The epistylium of the gate is a single stone 15 ft . long and 4 ft . 4 in . high . To the south of the ...
... appears to have been connected with the eastern gate by an avenue enclosed between the outer and inner curtain , of ... appear- ance . The epistylium of the gate is a single stone 15 ft . long and 4 ft . 4 in . high . To the south of the ...
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... appears . The general thickness of the walls is 21 ft . , in some places 25 ; their present height , in the most ... appear to diminish very much towards the vertex . This monument has a second chamber , to which you enter on the right ...
... appears . The general thickness of the walls is 21 ft . , in some places 25 ; their present height , in the most ... appear to diminish very much towards the vertex . This monument has a second chamber , to which you enter on the right ...
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... appears to have been the front of some building . The opposite side is so confused a mass of rubbish , that it looks as if the ravine had been worked through a solid building . Under the founda- tions at the southern end was discovered ...
... appears to have been the front of some building . The opposite side is so confused a mass of rubbish , that it looks as if the ravine had been worked through a solid building . Under the founda- tions at the southern end was discovered ...
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